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British Government” are needed behind “‘an
association of men of wealth to direct, with
men of enterprise to act, in one common
interest.” Such an association could be
created by a union between all the Canadian
traders from Montreal and the Hudson’s Bay
Company. It could develop a system of river
transport across the continent just as the
Russians had done across Siberia. ‘The Hud-
son’s Bay Company possesses a valuable
charter and control of the Bay; the traders
from Canada possess the experience and most
of the trade on the spot, the charter notwith-
standing. A union would be fair to both
parties. If the Hudson’s Bay Company is
unwilling to join, the Government might com-
pel it either to surrender its rights for a fair
price, or at any rate to throw open the navi-
gation of the Bay. ‘The new company, in
return for its risks, should be granted a
monopoly of trade on the coast. He ends on
a prophetic note:
By opening this intercourse between the

Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, and forming regu-
lar establishments though the interior and at